Preferred term
ecology
Definition
- [Henderson's] n. (1) the interrelationships between organisms and their environment and each other; (2) the study of these interrelationships.
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- animal ecology
- aquatic ecology
- biodiversity
- community assembly
- community ecology
- disturbance ecology
- ecological engineering
- ecological footprint
- ecological impact
- ecological integrity
- ecological niche
- ecosystem ecology
- ecosystem function
- ecosystem service
- evolutionary ecology
- forest ecology
- fungal ecology
- land cover classification
- land use classification
- landscape ecology
- long term ecological research
- microbial ecology
- molecular ecology
- paleoecology
- plant ecology
- population ecology
- restoration ecology
- soil ecology
- soil microbial ecology
- spatial ecology
- terrestrial ecology
- urban ecology
Scope note
- the discipline of ecology can be organized by three different concepts, that occur now in parallel here: (1) classification according to organizational level that is considered, includes ecosystem ecology, community ecology, population ecology. (2) classi
Contributor
- 0000-0002-3656-417X
Creator
- herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at
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Arabic
- الإيكولوجيا
Bulgarian
- Екология
Chinese
- 生态学
Croatian
- ekologija
Czech
- ekologie
Danish
- økologi
Dutch
- milieu
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- ekologia
French
- écologie
German
- Ökologie
Greek
- οικολογία
Hungarian
- ökológia
Italian
- ecologia
Japanese
- 生態学
Latvian
- ekoloģija
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Norwegian
- økologi
Polish
- ekologia
Portuguese
- ecologia
Romanian
- ecologie
Slovak
- ekológia
Slovenian
- ekologija
Spanish
- ecología
Swedish
- ekologi
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